Entertaining animals . . .

[Bucky]

Hi . . I know many of us here on the forum have animals and I thought it would be fun to post some of the entertaining, silly, funny things our animals get into.

We have an 11 wk. old kitten named TJ that is so funny.  A couple weeks ago we had TJ's mother, Spooky, "fixed".  (these are outdoor cats)  Well, I brought a cage inside and had Spooky and TJ stay indoors overnight the eve of Spooky's surgery. 

They were inside just the one night.  (The only other time TJ has been indoors was the first two weeks after he was born.)

I, of course, had a kitty litter pan inside the cage.  I'm not sure if TJ thought this was his personal play yard or what, but he had fun in it!    

After they spent the night indoors, I took the cage back out on the porch (it will eventually end up in the shed when mowing is done).  I cleaned out the kitty pan but left it in the mud room until I put it in a bag and take this to the shed too.

Usually, at some point in the day, the cats will come inside for a bit - either to eat or just visit.     Well, ever since the night TJ spent inside, whenever he comes inside the house he makes a beeline straight to the litter pan.  He runs so fast he goes sliding around the corner in the kitchen and practically wipes out in the process.  He cracks us up.  EVERY single time he comes in he heads there and does "his business".  I certainly hope he isn't holding it until he comes in as there are many, many hours in-between visits indoors!

I'm almost afraid to see what will happen when I take this litter pan to the shed and he comes tearing in the house lickety split and finds NO litter pan there . . . he better not go on my carpet!!   

Bucky

[Joy Cox]

  Bucky, Our Sweet Bucky, Can see by time of post, you are up late making our Sjoggie World a better place. I certainly appreciate your humor.

I have laughed at your cat post until I'm SILLY!!!!

My three 10-year old cats (sisters) are all settled in for the night in our basement as we heard a siren in the distance while sitting in the swing on the front porch.

The siren sets off all the coyotes on our side of the mountain! 

The cats run over each other to get in the door.  No need for my counting threat of 5-4-3-2-1 to close the door and leave them out for the night!!

Nighty night, ALL...

[navydad]

My doxie will howl at our fire siren too,,, he runs out the sliding glass door onto teh deck and just sits there howling and howling till its done,, and he still does it despite the time it went off and he never saw the door was closed,, he kinda howled then too,, but it was more of a hurt howl,,,then he wants held like a baby for a hour,,, during the day it jsut me and him,, and he cons me at least 4 times a day,, stnads in front of me,, gets on his hind legs and begs to go out,,, half the time its just to go nebbing around the yard,, but then theres the off chance he has to go to the bathroom,, drives me nuts,, and when the boys and my wife come home,, I tell them,, now its up to you guys to take him out all night,, I did my shift

[Bucky]

Joy & Navydad . . . howling animals . . hmmm, maybe you should record a CD!!   

How do your animals respond to fireworks or loud noises like that (other than the sirens)?  It must be something about the decimal of sound that hurts their ears.  I agree, even for us humans, they're too loud!   

Many times when I lived in Ohio there would be hot air balloons sailing past the house.  The noise from the burner must have bothered the animals as all the neighborhood dogs would be barking.

One of the times I rode  IN a hot air balloon, when we got to a pasture with cows or horses, the pilot would talk to them so they wouldn't stampede.  I saw a dog chained dragging a cinder block around the back yard as we passed over.

Animals and babies and toddlers are all the same . . . for the most part, they liked to be held and have attention.  When they look at you with those sweet little innocent faces, how can you resist?     They also know how to push our buttons too!  I must say, they seem to have US trained well . . . we keep taking them in and out, in and out.  LOL

Bucky

[Seeker]

Thanks for starting this thread Bucky. 

One night I woke up to my wife's laughter.  I asked her what was so funny at 3am?  Well it turns out, my wife's, Maltese, Anastasia has an interesting habit.  Anastasia sleeps In the bed with us.  When I start snoring and it keeping her awake, she will jump up on me and bounce her front legs on my chest until I stop snoring.  Then she'll go back to the end of the bed and go back to sleep. My wife saw her do that several times before realized what Anastasia was doing.  Thus the 3am laughter.   

Seeker

[jstroble]

Seeker

Please, please send your doggie here to teach my Shih Tzu how to do that.  Alas, I have to do that myelf to get my husband to stop.

Joyce

[Katybarstool]

This may not  go with the topic, but I have to tell you this.

Iwas driving to work one day, when I saw this little boy, aged about 7 or 8, walking to the road junction from a residential street. In front of him was a little dog with his leash trailing. The little boy must have called the dog, as the dog sat down at the kerb, waiting for the little boy to catch up. When he did, the boy bent down, picked up the leash, and kissed his little dog on the nose. Such a reward, for remembering his Green Cross Code.

It made my day, and made me think that the little boy obviously gets rewarded with kisses, rather than material things.

Kathyx

[Bucky]

Kathyx - awe . . how sweet of that little boy and his dog.  Thankfully, his dog is well trained to stop and wait. 

Seeker - I don't know, if I was Anastasia, I would probably bite your toes if you kept me up snoring!!  Heavens knows I could black and blue my hubby from hitting him to roll over and quit snoring!!   

We went away for an overnight trip this weekend.  Got home last night - Spooky and TJ are sitting on the porch waiting to greet us.  We open the side door to start carrying in our overnight bag, etc.  In runs TJ . . yep, a beeline right to the kitty pan!!  I don't know, I'm thinking I need to keep that pan inside now forever instead of taking it to the shed, like I planned to do!!   

Bucky

[Pisces24]

Sometimes I feel like just a piece of furniture

Two of my cats will get to chasing each other and run through the house like the Hounds of Hades are after then. When they do that, I have been sitting in the recliner only to have Womp -one cat jumping over me and then Womp here comes the other. Just 1/2 the time they each land on my lap.  I generally change chairs then. LOL

Love your little "snore buster". Cheaper than the breath rite strip and a lot more entertaining. 

[lynnmarie219]

Oh I have had so many animals and so many stories...I wouldn't  know where to begin. Over the years they have all brought me so much joy and so many smiles (and yes...there were also times that tried my nerves too...lol).

I do love the story of Anastasia though....that made me laugh and I could just picture her trying to stop your snoring Seeker! Too funny!

I like reading this thread! Thanks for starting it Bucky!

[Bucky]

Lynnmarie . . . feel free to tell us your animal stories any time . . we'll be here.   

Bucky

[Seeker]

Howdy, let me tell you about my mother's cat.  He is white with two different colored eyes.  Most cats just love catnip.  He hates its.  What gets him going is peppermint.  Put a drop of peppermint oil on one of his toys.  You will have all day entertainment.

The story about Cat (that's his name) I like the most, is when he came home from the vets.  He  just had his front claws remove.  Cat was still under anesthesia and was sleeping it off.  So we put him in the middle of the living room floor.  While Cat was in la la land, my mother  removed all the scratch protection off the furniture.  

Cat woke up about a 1/2 hr. later.  He stood up looked around and shook his head.  He must of thought he was in cat heaven.  No scratch protection on the furniture.   Immediately, he go's over to the couch and starts to claw it.  Nothing happened.  Cat stares (huh?) He tries again.  Nothing happened.  He then looks at his paws and shakes them.  It was like he was saying, I know there was claws in there some where.

To add to his woes he went in to the dinning room to see what my mom was doing.   He took a running leap to jump up on the table and he slid flying off the table.  You see he did not realize that he had lost his brakes.   Cat was not having a good day:)

Seeker      

[Bucky]

I wish I had the video camera out today watching Spooky and TJ out the window.

Spooky had brought a chipmunk to the house and they were both playing with it in the driveway.  Flip it up in the air - taking turns.  Spooky did that for a little bit, then laid down in the driveway on her side.  TJ goes over, copies what his mother did flipping the chipmunk and then he goes over and lays down in the driveway on his side.  Monkey see, monkey do!!   

Later in the day, I walked down our long driveway to get the mail.  Come back to the house and Spooky is waiting for me in the driveway.  I bend down to pet her and talk to her.  Up runs TJ - he wants to be petted too.  Spooky lays down in the driveway and I pet her tummy.  TJ looks at me, then lays down in the driveway next to his mom, then looks at me again as if to say, "hey, rub my tummy too!" (which I did).    

Ever since Spooky got "fixed" she seems to be more playful.  She almost acts like she did when she was a kitten four years ago.  Is this common when female cats get fixed?  It's been fun watching Spooky and TJ "playing" together.  They wrestle, chase each other, run up the tree, etc.

Bucky

[newhorizons]

W-E-L-L! Here's my cat update, Bucky!  Mentioned AGE in another post- I highjacked-  from Lynnmarie to you.  

My three, 10-year old sister cats are doing a whole lot a shade tree farming with me... You know, cats and I sit under a shade tree and watch the birds, butterflies and even squirrels without ever moving!

CONSERVING ENERGY... I'm thinking GREEN!!!

How come you to name your cat Spooky?  And, what does TJ stand for?

newjoy... same ole' Joy!

*It's evident by number of times I have modified this Post that it's nap time for me!  Catch you later!

[Carolina]

Companion animals are the BEST, aren't they?

My Max will knock over any glass but only on certain counters.  Who knows why.  I have to have bottled water beside my bed at night cause a glass will end on the floor.

Oh and he wants to get in the shower with me, and has fallen in the bath more than once trying to get closer and closer to the water.

We have to put his water dish on a overturned bucket, otherwise he will turn the dish over onto the floor.   He is manic about water for some reason.

Mia is much older and calmer.  She likes to sit on laps, but Max only wants to be petted intensely, no laps.

He sleeps between us and snores.

Mia is very quiet and lady like.

But she likes food from the table, and I don't feed her but my husband does, then she comes to ME to beg.  Go figure.

They are adorable and great company.

I can't imagine life without at least one cat, and I know many people feel the same and more about dogs.

Kisses

Elaine